Matwei Petrovich Gagarin
The Prince Matvei Petrovich Gagarin ( Russian Матвей Петрович Гагарин ; † 17th June 1721 in St. Petersburg ) to the royal Gagarin was the first since 1708 governor of Siberia . His seat was in Tobolsk , the most populous city in the east with around 15,000 inhabitants. He was assisted by two lieutenant governors. Like all civil servants working in Siberia, he was a small monarch in every respect, since reports and complaints only rarely reached their destination due to the Siberian distances. Gagarin amassed a huge fortune by engaging in illegal trade and cheating the state of his income. In 1714 Tsar Peter I was informed of Gagarin's corruption by the auditor Alexei Nesterow ( hinger. 1722), but he brushed the allegations aside. After new allegations, Gagarin was deposed and hanged on June 17, 1721 in St. Petersburg . His body was reportedly on display for eight months as a chilling example.
At the request of the tsar, Matwei Gagarin also delivered hundreds of pieces of jewelry from Siberian Kurgan ("Scythian") to the tsar's art chamber from 1715 .
Remarks
- ^ Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 1885-1892, p. 826
literature
- Gudrun Ziegler: The gold of the tsars , Heyne, Munich 2000, ISBN 9783453179882 .
- Gudrun Ziegler: The eighth continent. The conquest of Siberia , Ullstein, Berlin 2005, ISBN 9783550076121 .
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gagarin, Matwei Petrovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Гагарин, Матвей Петрович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian nobleman, first governor of Siberia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 17, 1721 |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |